
30 Bears for Children in TANZANIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination:Arusha, Tanzania
Arusha Children
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador:
Siddhesh Angle

138 Bears for Children at Kids Spots and 20 for Kids at Safe Passage Center in MARYLAND
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Maryland
Coordinator: Leslie Jacoby
Project Ambassador:
Leslie Jacoby

25 Bears for Children at Safe Passage Center in MARYLAND
Project Origin: USA
Destination:Safe Passage Center - Family Services
Coordinator: Leslie Jacoby
Project Ambassador:
Leslie Jacoby

50 Bears for Children in NAMIBIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Namibia
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Carmela Santiago

200 Bears for children in ISRAEL
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Emunah Afula's Children Center - 2017
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador:
Sindy Steinberg and Schlomo Kessel

120 Bears for Children in GUYANA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: OSHAG Medical Mission Oct 2017
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Carol Bagot

120 Bears for Children in GUYANA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: OSHAG Medical Mission Oct 2017
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Carol Bagot

25 Bears for children at the Domestic Violence Waiting room at the Essex County Courthouse in Newark, NJ
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Newark, NJ Spring 2017
Coordinator: Gloria Brown
Project Ambassador: Shari Bloomberg

50 Bears for children in UGANDA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Uganda - Spring 2017
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Carmela Santiago

50 Bears for children in HAITI
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Haiti - Mar 2017
Project Coordinator: Shirley Polenski
Project Ambassadors:
Ciara McCready

40 Bears for children in CUBA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Cuba - Feb 2017
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Carmela Santiago

40 Bears for children in NEPAL
Project Origin: USA
Destination: House with Heart - Spring 2017
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador:
Beverly Bronson

30 Bears for children in the PHILIPPINES
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Philippines - Spring 2017
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Carmela Santiago

30 Bears for children in REFUGEE CAMPS
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Middle East - Fall 2017
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Jeanna Deswert

41 Bears for children in GUYANA
Project Origin:USA
Destination: Guyana, Winter 2017
Coordinator: Ronnie and Loredana
Project Ambassador:Terrence De Mendonca

75 Bears for children in TANZANIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination:Aga Khan Hospital -Aug 2016
Project Coordinator:
Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Dr. Borja Angulo
25 Bears for children in UGANDA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Mulago Hospital
Coordinator: William Lee
Project Ambassador: Dr. Harry Strulovici - LIFE FOR MOTHERS
40 Bears for children in MONGOLIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination:Mongolia
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:Sas Carey, RN
Film director and producer of Goby Women's Song
Author of Reindeer Herders in My Heart: Stories of Healing Journeys in Mongolia
Director of Nomadicare
50 Bears for children affected by hurricane Sandy
UNITED STATES
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Staten Island
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador: Gerry Christen

10 Bears for children in SOUTH AFRICA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Christian David Primary School - Summer 2017
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador: Siddesh Angle

15 Bears for children in SOUTH SUDAN
'Imagine no Malaria'
Project Origin: USA
Destination: South Sudan - Feb. 2014
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Nyamah Dunbar
40 Bears for the children affected by
the L'Aquila earthquake in ITALY
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Asilo di Onna (AQ)
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Rosanna Di Michele
In cooperation with The Cultural Association 'Abruzzo in Tavola'

50 Bears for Children in JAMAICA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Kingston - 2017
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador:
John Buonviaggio
30 Bears for children in NIGERIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Nigeria
Coordinator: Sr. Mylene R.
Project Ambassador: Sisters of The Parish Visitor
40 Bears for children in CHINA
Project Origin: New Jersey
Destination:
Nanyang Welfare Institute - Henan, China - May 2013
Coordinator: Helly Healy-Kreis
Project Ambassador: Susan Sterling
25 Bears for children in SWAZILAND
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Swaziland
Coordinator: Mary Ann J.
Project Ambassador: Sister Pietrina
15 Bears for children in GUATEMALA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Ronald McDonald Children Foundation
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Raul Azurdia
15 Bears for children in HAITI
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Haiti - Summer 2012
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador: Brian Wolford
15 Bears for children in GUATEMALA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Ronald McDonald Children Foundation
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Raul Azurdia
31 Bears for children affected by hurricane Sandy
UNITED STATES
Project Origin: New Jersey
Destination: New Jersey
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador: Dr.Boy Scouts and Alice Gillman
15 Bears for children in LIBERIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Liberia - Sept. 2013
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Nyamah Dunbar

15 Bears for children in SIERRA LEONE
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Sierra Leone - Sept 2013
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Nyamah D. and Ted
15 Bears for children in GHANA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Ghana - Sept. 2013
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Nyamah Dumbar

6 Bears for children in PERU
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Peru - Dec. 2013
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Karen and Mike Chan

15 Bears for children in LIBERIA
'Imagine no Malaria'
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Liberia - Feb. 2014
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Nyamah Dunbar

5 Bears for children affected by the
2014 HARLEM Buildings Explosion
In cooperation with the NYU Langone Medical Center
Project Origin: USA
Destination: East Harlem - Mar. 2014
Coordinator: Jessica Oyola and Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador: Heliana L. T.

200 Bears for children in DOMENICAN REPUBLIC
Dajabon Medical Mission
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Dajabon, DR - May 2014
Coordinator: Kelly Healy-Kreis
Project Ambassador: Kelly Healy-Kreis
and Waves of Health

50 Bears for children in HONDURAS
MAMA Project
Project Origin: USA
Destination: VILLAGE SAN FRANCISCO DE YOJOA - May 2014
Project Coordinators: Ronnie L.
Project Ambassador: Wilmer Z. a.k.a. "Wib"

25 Bears for hospitalized children in PUERTO RICO
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Puerto Rico - May 2014
Project Coordinators: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Lydia and Ashley Garcia

40 Bears for children in the PHILIPPINES
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Philippines - Spring 2014
Coordinator: Mary Ann J.
Project Ambassador: Sister Pietrina

6 Bears for children in PERU
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Peru- May 2014
Project Coordinator: Mike Chan and Loredana
Project Ambassador: Stacy Chen

40 Bears children in GUYANA
Project Origin: USA
Destination:Guyana - Sept. 2014
Coordinator: Mary Ann Juliano
Project Ambassador:
Kareen and OSHAG/C (Organization for Social and Health Advancement for Guyana and the Caribbean)
32 Bears children in GUYANA
Project Origin: USA
Destination:Guyana - Sept. 2014
Coordinator: Mary Ann Juliano
Project Ambassador:
Dr. Berman Saunders - Medical Mission

16 Bears for children in New Orleans
Project Origin: USA
Destination: St. John's Faith Church
Coordinator: Gloria Brown
Project Ambassadors:11th and 12th grade studends of the Hebrew School at Temple Emanu-El of Westfield, NJ
with Martha Novick, Sarah Smiley and Michael Kenny
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23 Bears for children in COLOMBIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: La Guajira - Jan. 2015
Project Coordinator: Carl Glenn and Namibia Donadio
Project Ambassador: Laura Betancur

15 Bears for children in NEPAL
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Nepal - Apr. 2015
Project Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador: Rose Desauguste

20 Bears for children in PERU'
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Cuzco - Apr. 2015
Coordinators and Ambassadors: Giuseppina and Loredana

110 Bears for children in DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MEDICAL MISSION
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Dajabon, DR - June 2015
Project Coordinator: Kelly H.
Project Ambassador:
Kelly H. K.
and Waves of Health
Destination: Dajabon, DR
15 Bears for children in LIBERIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Liberia - Jul. 2015
Project Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Nyamah Dunbar
50 Bears for children in GHANA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Hospital in Ghana - Aug 2015
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador: Dr. Patricia Corby

98 Bears for children in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Project Origin: USA
Destination: DR Medical Mission Aug 2015
Coordinators: Ronnie and Loredana
Project Ambassador: Kelly Healy-Kreis
30 Bears for children in GUATEMALA
Medical Mission
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Hospital de la Familia - 2015
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador: Audrey Sorensen

46 Bears for children in JAMAICA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Orphanage in Jamaica - Apr. 2016
Project Coordinator: Ronnie L.
Project Ambassador: John and Ginny Buonviaggio

160 Bears for children in USA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: USA - Apr. 2016
Project Coordinator and Ambassador: Debbie W.

10 Bears for children in HONDURAS
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Honduras - Summer 2016
Project Coordinator: Ronnnie Landis
Project Ambassadors: Josh and Millie Landis

20 Bears for children in RWANDA
Project Origin: USA
Destination:Kigeme Refugee Camp
Project Coordinator:Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador:Dave Feldman
25 Bears for children at Indian Reservation in SOUTH DAKOTA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Lakota Indian Reservation - Summer 2016
Project Coordinator: Gary Falta
Project Ambassador: Steve Kinsel
35 Bears for children in VIETNAM
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) 2016
Project Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador: Jennifer Deli Carping
971 Bears for children at the Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Kenya
Project Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassadors:
Toby Tanser

50 Bears for Children at the Montgomery County Circuit Court
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Montgomery County Circuit Court, Rockville, MD
Coordinator: Leslie Jacoby
Project Ambassador:
Leslie Jacoby

10 Bears for children at Emergency Room in Brooklyn
Project Origin: USA
Destination: New York Presbyterian - Methodist Hospital Pediatric ER - Fall 2017
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Taina LoSasso

25 Bears for children at the Montgomery County Court House
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Montgomery County, MD
Coordinator: Leslie Jacoby
Project Ambassador:
Leslie Jacoby

8 Bears for Children in ROMANIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Romania - Fall 2017
Coordinator: Jennifer Tichenor
Project Ambassador:
Lion Brand Customer

50 Bears for Children in MARYLAND
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Montgomery County Court House Kids Spot Family Services, Shepard and Enoch Pratt Foundation
Arusha Children
Coordinator: Leslie Jacoby
Project Ambassador:
Marlene Clark

40 Bears for Children in HAITI
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Haiti - 2017
Coordinator: Gloria Brown
Project Ambassador:
Daniel Moises, RN

35 Bears for children in TURKEY
Project Origin: USA
Destination: 11-mart Ilkokulu Elementary School - Summer 2017
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis and Duygu Ay
Project Ambassador: Fatmanur Cirit

25 Bears for children in GUATEMALA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Gulan Nutrition Center - Summer 2017
Coordinator: Sue and Lauren M.
Project Ambassador: Drexal DPT Program

35 Bears for children in HAITI
Project Origin:USA
Destination: Arcahaie, Haiti, Winter 2017
Coordinator: Leslie Jacoby and Gail Steinweg
Project Ambassador:Dannel Wissler

50 Bears for children in ROMANIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Romania - Spring 2017
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Carmela Santiago

50 Bears for children in INDIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: India - Spring 2017
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Carmela Santiago

50 Bears for Refugee Families in the USA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: International Rescue Committee in New Jersey - Spring 2017
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador:
Millburn High School Students: Chris, Bervelie, Jason, Devon, Stan, Danny, Quinn, Shane, Di’Jon and their teacher Pam Boccia

10 Bears for children in CALCUTTA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Calcutta - Fall 2017
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Stacy C.

20 Bears for children in REFUGEE CAMPS
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Middle East - Fall 2017
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Misrak Bekele

10 Bears for children in GUATEMALA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Village of Hope - Guatemala - Spring 2017
Coordinator: Leslie Jacoby and Gail Steinweg
Project Ambassador:
Jim Gerlach

6 Bears for children in ALASKA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Alaska - June 2014
Project Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassadors:
Maria Teresa Cometto, Francesca and Glauco Maggi
20 Bears for children in GUATEMALA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Gualan Nutrition Center
Coordinator: Sue & Lauren Mattes
Project Ambassador: Drexel DPT Program
100 Bears made by Knit A Bit and its customers
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Shoe4Africa Hospital
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis and Knit-A-Bit
Project Ambassadors: Toby Tanser
**These bears have been added to the Shoe4Africa project counter on our main page**
51 Bears for children undergoing medical procedures in ECUADOR
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Leon Becerra Children's Hospital
Coordinator: Kelly Healy-Kreis
Project Ambassador: Rose G.
50 Bears for children in NIGERIA
In Cooperation with the CHURCH OF NOTREDAME
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Nigeria
Coordinator: Sr. Mylene
Project Ambassador: Sister of the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate

30 Bears for Children at orphanage in KENYA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Kenya - 2017
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Dr. Reba Renee Perry
25 Bears for The Mother Bear Project
Project Origin: USA
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Mother Bear Project

25 Bears for Ashanti and other children undergoing transfusions or chemotherapy
UNITED STATES
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Clarissa

20 Bears for children in DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Domenican Republic - Spring 2013
Coordinator: Damaris D.
Project Ambassador:Michael
20 Bears for children in ECUADOR
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Cuenca
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassadors: Hilda & Gabriela Oyola
30 Bears for children in the GUATEMALA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Guatemala - Sep. 2013
Coordinator: Sue and Lauren Mattes
Project Ambassador: Drexel DPT Program
20 Bears for children in ETHIOPIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Orphanage
Coordinator: Mary Ann Juliano
Project Ambassador: Sister Pietrina

30 Bears for children in the CARIBBEAN
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Jamaica - Aug. 2013
Coordinators: Mary Ann Juliano
Project Ambassador: Dr. Berman Saunders - Caribbean Medical Mission
21 Bears for children in LOS ANGELES
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Los Angeles - Noche Estudiantina - Summer 2013
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Ashley and Lydia Garcia
24 Bears for children in SWAZILAND
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Swaziland - Dec. 2013
Coordinator: Mary Ann Juliano
Project Ambassador: Sister Pietrina
25 Bears for children in CONGO
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Eastern Congo - Jan. 2014
Coordinators: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Nyamah Dunbar
40 Bears for children in COLOMBIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Colombia - Dec. 2013
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Lucy Breinberg

25 Bears for children in GUATEMALA
Project Origin: USA
Destination:Fundacion Infantil Ronald McDonald Guatemala - Apr. 2014
Coordinators: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Raul Azurdia

3 Bears for children in CHILE
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Chile - Apr. 2014
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Alyson Yanofsky

3 Bears for children in BOLIVIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Bolivia - Apr. 2014
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Alyson Y.

50 Bears for children in Honduras
MAMA Project
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Village: PINABETE - May 2014
Project Coordinators: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador: Wilmer Z. a.k.a. "Wib"

25 Bears for children in SIERRA LEONE - 'Imagine No Malaria' Project
Project Origin: USA
Destination: SIERRA LEONE - Spring 2014
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Nyamah

25 Bears for children in BOSNIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination:Bosnia - Aug. 2014
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Milijana Pavlović

20 Bears for unaccompanied, immigrant girls from CENTRAL AMERICA
Project Origin: USA
Destination:New York - Dec. 2014
Coordinator: Mary Ann Juliano
Project Ambassador: Sr. Pietrina
40 Bears for children in AFRICA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Africa - Dec. 2014
Project Coordinator: Mary Ann Juliano
Project Ambassador: Sr. Pietrina

15 Bears for children in CAMBODIA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Cambodia - Apr. 2015
Project Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador: Rose Desauguste

5 Bears for children in CALCUTTA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Calcutta, India - May 2015
Project Coordinator: Stacy Chen
Project Ambassador: Cheryl Wu
Bears for Children
in New York

GOAL: 30 Bears
Project FULL
Collection Date: May 11, 2015
Collection State: NY
Coordinator: Vishal Mistry
Project Ambassador:
Donya Schnoll
Destination: Gigi's Playhouse - Down Syndrome Achievement Center
COMPLETED BEARS:
25 Bears for children in NEW DELHI
Project Origin: USA
Destination: New Delhi - Feb. 2015
Project Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Ruchi Sharma
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60 Bears for children in GUATEMALA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Gulan Nutrition Center - Jul. 2015
Project Coordinator: Sue M.and Lauren S
Project Ambassador: Drexel DPT Program
25 Bears for children in GUYANA
Dedicated with love to the memory of our friend Annette Brown
Project Origin: USA
Destination: OSHAG/Caribbean Medical Mission Oct 2015
Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Kareen Lambert
40 Bears for children at House with Heart in NEPAL
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Nepal - 2015
Coordinator: Ronnie Landis and Dave Feldman
Project Ambassador:Beverly Bronson
10 Bears for children in NEW ZEALAND
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Child Matters New Zealand
Project Coordinator: Ronnie Landis
Project Ambassador: Anthea Simcock

5 Bears for children in AFRICA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Africa - Summer 2016
Project Coordinator: Maria Teresa Cometto
Project Ambassador: Bruno Contigiani and Ella

15 Bears for children in GUATEMALA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Guatemala - Sept 2016
Project Coordinator:
Sue Mattes
Project Ambassador:
Lauren Mattes
120 Bears for children in Ghana
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Ghana Hospital - Summer 2016
Project Coordinator: Loredana
Project Ambassador: Dr. Corby

76 Bears for children in GUYANA
Project Origin: USA
Destination: OSHAG/Caribbean Medical Mission Oct 2016
Project Coordinator:
Loredana
Project Ambassador:
Kareen Lambert

30 Bears for children in Dominican Republic
Project Origin: USA
Destination: Santiago de Caballeros
Project Coordinator and Ambassador: Rick Church